Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds

Boredom is linked to attention – so switching content or skipping forwards and backwards feels more tedious than watching one video

Browsing videos on TikTok or YouTube can be a hit-and-miss affair, with gems lurking amid mediocre efforts. But researchers have found that switching to another video, or skipping forwards and backwards in the same one, actually makes people more bored.

Dr Katy Tam at the University of Toronto Scarborough, the lead author of the research, said boredom was closely linked to attention.

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